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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 950, 951. 1906. 63 hundred and sixty acres, as may be necessa for forest reserve admin- md '°°°;]°‘l *°{ istrative purposes, which lands so set asiderghall not be subject to set- iiiiiiimi ad mlm tlement entry or location during the life of the forest reserve: Provided, §Z`,‘{Q“°,{’,;,m,,m,,,_ That the commutation clause of the homestead laws shall not apply to the said lands, and any bona fide settler who made settlement on said ,,§,;$r‘;*§,§jdP’i°' *°*‘ lands prior to January first, nineteen hundred and six, and who had ` prior to that time lost or exercised his homestead right, may enter and perfect title to the lands settled upon by him as though his homestead right had not been lost or exercised, upon the payment of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the land included in his entry at the time of making final proof. Approved, March 15, 1906. CHAP. 951.-An Act To provide for an increased annual appropriation for agri- Much 16. 1W6- cultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof. lH· R- 3*] [Public, No. 47. Be it enacted by t/te Senate and House of Representatv}ves of the United 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and mjgfghfjgl °*1{°’i· hereby is, annually appro riated, out of any money in the Treasu Annual nprrgprw not o erwise appropriated, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to ealdh ?1$,§‘,;°§,*i,°§f€$,T,$f State and Territory, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations now established or which may hereafter be established in accordance with the Act of Congress V°*- 2*- P-“°· approved March second, eighteen hundred and eight —seven, the sum of five thousand dollars in addition to the sum namedy in said Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and an m{r*;°ug¤° °‘ wml annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for five ` years by an additional sum of two thousand dollars over the receding year, and the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each State an - Territory shall be thirty thousand dollars, to be applied only to paying the necessary ex nses of conducting original researches or experiments bearing £ectly on the agricultural industry of the United States, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the res ctive States or Territories. S50. 2. That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Terri- P¤¥¤¢¤¢¤¤¤¤¤<¤lvtories for the further endowment and support of agricultural experi- P°•*· v~°°¤· ment stations shall be annually paid in equa cpiarter y payments on the first day of January, April, July, and Octo er of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the treasurer or other officer duly appointed by the governing boards of said experiment stations to receive the same, and such officers shall be required to Report or meerpa report to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day of °"‘ Se tember of each year a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement, on schedules prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The grants of money authorized by this Act are made Legislative assent subject to legislative assep; of etlhg seprlpral States and Terlriitorieplto the "‘;’”°"‘ u se of said rants: · 0m' e, at yment o suc insta ments °*`*"· E gf ZH approprizgion herein made as shallmbecome due to any State or- menwfgov Territory before the adjournment of the regular session of legislature meeting next after the passage of this Act shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified by the Secretary of the Treasury. _ Sec. 3. That if any portion of the moneys received by the designated w;}g°,}’g",;a‘;';{f;,“j,; olisicer of any State or Territory for the further and more complete ` endowment, support, and maintenance of agricultural experiment stations as provided in this Act shall by any action or contingenc be diminished or lost or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by said Sytate or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent